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This convalescent home for children suffering from hip disease was built in 1902-03 and dedicated in the name of Queen Alexandra, and is seen here with some of its young patients a year after its official

Built between 1796 and 1801 at a cost of £20,898, the aqueduct carries the canal 70 feet above the River Ceiriog for a distance of 710 feet.

Taken from Winney Hill, this photograph looks over Harthill in the northerly direction of Kiveton Park collieries.

Behind the lychgate at the end of Manor Road rises the flint and stone tower of Holy Trinity parish church.

The Coach and Horses is one of Wimborne's oldest pubs, and the only one to have retained its thatched roof to this day.

Church Street, seen here from the end of Main Street, with the High Street meeting it from the left, leads past the parish church of All Saints, one of Nottinghamshire's best parish churches.

Western Cross is the junction of the High Street, Alton Road, Dunleys Hill and West Street.

One of the most memorable images in the entire Frith archive, this intimate shot of the Cobb wall was inspired by Jane Austen and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

The entire heart of the town has been moved over the hill to a new site, so that the little that remains of the old High Street is now totally run down.

Robert Peel through helping him to introduce mechanical processes at Brookside Mill, so it was appropriate that the James Hargreaves memorial should be unveiled in July 1952 by Earl Peel of

The architecture of the High Street reflects the wealth that a depressed town gained from its booming boot and shoe industry in later Victorian times.

Heading south towards Bourne, the route diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the

It was a vital part of the Grand Cross network that linked the rivers Trent, Servern, Thames and Mersey. The church of St Mary and All Saints looks delightful; it is built from local red sandstone.

The fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay lies just a few miles to the south of Whitby. Also known as Bay Town, the village became a favourite haunt for artists and holidaymakers alike.

The surviving inner half of the round donjon can be seen in the background. It stood 82 ft high, was 65 ft in diameter, and the walls were 15 ft thick.

Chenies, a mile downstream from Latimer, takes its name from the Cheyne family who held the manor from the 13th century until the 16th century when it passed, through the marriage in 1526 of

The 1890s terrace with its four gabled full-height bay windows steps down the hill; the left-hand one on the corner of Outwood Lane is now no longer a Barclays Bank, but the offices of financial consultants

Another mystery regarding Stonehenge is that many of the stones have been dressed - again there is no precedent for such work in Britain prior to Stonehenge.

The gardens are on the right of the picture; together with the Imperial Gardens, they testify to Cheltenham's love of flowers. The rotunda (now occupied by a bank) can be seen on the left.

Congleton lies in the valley of the River Dane - we have already caught a glimpse of the river in the park. Now we move two or three miles upstream to Colley Mill Bridge.

Fleetwood was founded in 1836 by Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, and laid out to the designs of Decimus Burton, who designed the North Euston Hotel, Queen's Terrace and both lighthouses.

Lying between Mount Karrin and Slieav Managh, Sulby Glen was often referred to by the Victorians as 'the Manx Switzerland', though the compilers of the Baedecker Guides thought the place more reminiscent

Another view of Waterhead shows the Waterhead Hotel, built to serve the increasing numbers of tourists who were arriving by train at the lakeside station at Bowness, and catching a steamer up the lake

The level crossing gates are shut in anticipation of a train. The Woolmington Hotel is seen, built in the 1860s for Mr Woolmington, owner of the Cheap Street Brewery.